Comparable LCD screens?

I originally posted this question in the "Hardware" forum, and my issue was never resolved. My original question is below in quotes, but for me personally to finally make a decision, can someone answer this:

My decision between the Z70V or the Z63A comes down to the screen. From reading the online opinions, it seems that some people love and some people hate the Z63A (W3V) screen, and most people like the Z70V screen. I need to SEE FOR MYSELF to really know. So if I go to a COMPUSA or similar store, ARE THERE MAINSTREAM LAPTOPS WITH SCREENS SIMILAR TO THESE TWO MODELS that I can compare?

Original post: "I've pretty much decided on what notebook I'm interested in, ASUS z70V or Z63A. Besides the size, and ability to use the portbar III, the other issue that I need to consider is the screen.

My questions are limited to this:

At home I have a 19" LCD screen that has been profiled for my printer so that What I See is What I Get whe I print from Photoshop CS2. People talk about color vividness and outdoor use of laptop LCD's, but I haven't seen any mention about ACCURACY.

Are either the "glossy" screens or the "Matte" screens better for accuracy (color, evenness of lighting?

Is a notebook screen ever going to be as good as a desktop LCD?"

Thanks.

 

You should really look it up in photography forums/magazines about whether glossy or matte screens are "better", if any difference at all.

But I do know that if you want accuracy, you'll have to buy several hundred dollars of hardware to get good stuff to sync up the color of your monitor to your printer.

 

Well you can look at a HPdv1000 which is comparable to the w3v, out of all the glossy screens i would say the quality of 14.1in wxga ones are the worst. They have pretty bad viewing angles and just dont look as nice. Just something about how they are made they are by far inferior to 15.4 in ones. as for the z70v It has the nicest matte screen i have ever seen bright and sharp i have yet to see another matte screen that looks as nice none really come close. as for just quilty screens go the z70v wins hands down.

 

Conroy - I did mention that I profile my home monitor (you call it "syncing up").

Also there are many more computer geeks here than at photo sites (although it seems like there is a VERY high percentage of users here that are gamers. About the most gaming I do is backgammon and Spider solitaire). Here's a short discussion that I found on the forums at photo.net:

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00D4lX

 

Most stores hardly carry any matte screen models these days, and I doubt you'd be able to find a major store that has any 15.4" models with WSXGA+ resolution. Finding a glossy that's similar to the Z63 should be a piece of cake though...But I will say, that the Z70V screen seems much more accurate than my old Sony LCD, in brightness, contrast, and color.

And no, I don't think that a notebook screen will be as good as a desktop one, at least as far as calibratibility (made that one up...). Notebook screens are just about impossible to calibrate.

 

Okay, for anyone else interested in this thread, here's another Photo.net thread on this topic. It still comes down to me seeing it myself, although there seems to be a consensus (outdated, maybe?) that serious photo editing on a laptop is just not feasible. One thing I hadn't thought too much about is that the screen's viewing angles are important. If I'm working on a picture and move to get a closer look at a detail, it would be very disconcerting for the other parts of the picture to change because I've moved my head. So... anybody have any knowledge about the viewing angles on these screens?

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00CEyX

 

If you plan on doing photo/video editing the z63a may not be the best. I like the screen very much. Great screen in all honesty. It has a few drawbacks. Vertical angles are sort of limited. It has a strange sour spot. If you view it in a dark room at a 90 degree angle it seems to be unevenly lit. 100 degrees viewing angle or 80 seem to be the sweet spots. In a medium lit room its not an issue really. The z70v screen is not glossy but its the best wsxga+ screen i have seen in a long time. Go for the z70v its a less picky screen. Infact its pretty much perfect.